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The title of this
work, Silhouette, is taken from my idea to create a short piece
in the style of Mozart or Haydn, but certainly not an exact picture. Set
in a moderate 2/4 time and opening with the primary
melodic statement in the bass marimba, the piece develops quickly into
a cannon as a new voice enters every eight bars. After a
brief interlude of trading sixteenth notes between voices,
the original statement returns for development before moving into a contrasting
3/8 section. An accompanimental ostinato is established in the
lower marimba voices over which the
upper voices play in thirds.
This new idea is taken over by the lower voices as the
upper marimba parts
accompany with
sixteenth-note arpeggiated figures. The original
material returns via another interlude for a final statement
and brief coda. This piece in an excellent selection for
high school or college percussion ensembles
and click on the cover page to view an excerpt of the piece
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